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'MALANGTHON B.VMAL0TT, or RICHMOND, INDIANA.

Lener; Patent No. 105,700, ma July 26, 1870.

i jmrnovnmnm IN cARfooUPLING.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentl and making part of the-sanne.

, mond, county o f Wayne and State of Indiana, have invented certain Improvements in Railroad Car-Goup- 4"lings,ruof which the following isa specification.

`liatujre'awlj Object of thelmfentz'on. My invention relates toan improvement. in automatical car-couplings, and consists in the combina, tion'olsay hook, provided with a heel, a tumbler, and adrawilread, as will Vhereinafter be'more fullyfdescribed.

f `Description of the Drawing.

` Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of the invention;

Figure is a top View of the4 same.

f Generqlpesipton. 'The draw-headA is provided with a vertical slot,

B, extending fromai'to y, ou itsv upper side, and fro mu to w on its lower side.`. p

The hook C, provided with the heel D, is of wrought iron, and works on the pin or bolt a.

The tumbler E, also of wrought iron, Works on the The sidesV of the jaw H, of the drawbead A, curve outwardly from the point o to the buffer d.

' A chain or other-device maybe attached tothe The dotted lines in lig. `1 show the positions that the hook() and tumbler E ocoupyvbeffore. the link enters the draw-head..

The toe oi' the hook G rests on the tumbler E near its p oint, and theheel D rests on the notch of the tumbler 1E.

The link enters the draw-head A, strikes the tumbler E, drives it upward, and the -toe of' the hook GA slips over the point of the tumbler E,andfalls into the link, Where it remains until raised by the chain. or other device.

Vhen the hook O is raised from-` thexluk, and `the link is withdrawn, the hook and tumbler fall back to the position shown by thedotted lines `in iig. 1.

Claim.

Y I claim as my invention- 2 `The hook C, provided with the heel D, and the tumbler E, arranged relatively one to the .ot-her,` and operated in combination with vthe draw-head A, provided with the slot B, substantially as described, for

the purpose specified. Y v I MALANO'IHON B. MALOTT.

1 Witnesses THos.;A. DUGDALE, JAMES HAYs. 

